Fritz has reached a new milestone!
The animals spent just over an hour frolicking in the water before heading back indoors, where they’ve been bonding since Fritz’s birth.
Big sister Fiona, and Fritz’s dad,Tucker, have yet to meet Fritz face-to-face, but the duo traded places with the mother and son and went outside after the pair, the zoo said.
Earlier this week, the zooannounced the nameof their “spunky” social media star, born on August 3.
Cincinnati Zoo
After filtering through over 90,000 name suggestions from fans, the animal care team at the Cincinnati Zoo narrowed the pool to two names:Fritz and Ferguson. The zoo left the final decision to a public vote. On Monday, after tallying up over 200,000 votes, the zoo announced on theTODAYShowthat the name Fritz won, receiving 56 percent of the vote.
“Everyone loves an alliteration, but we didn’t necessarily do that on purpose,” Jenna Wingate, a senior hippo keeper at the Ohio zoo, said on the NBC morning show, adding that “Ferguson was super cute and we all loved that as well” but that “Fritz just seemed to fit him.”
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Fritz’s arrival has already proven to be a departure from big sister Fiona’s birth.
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“The sex didn’t matter much to the hippo team, but it will be interesting to observe and compare the behavioral differences between a hand-raised girl and a mom-raised boy,” Gorsuch added. “Will this calf be as comfortable with humans as Fiona is? Will he be less independent? Will he love cameras?”
source: people.com
